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Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of the year. We hope a few of our readers’ favorite memories stir thoughts of your favorite Thanksgivings. Thank you to all who submitted stories!
➤ Dinner (And More) Ready: My son was 2 years old during Thanksgiving when I was very pregnant with our second child. As I took the turkey out of the oven, he saw that the pop-up timer had popped out, signaling that the turkey was done. He looked at it in amazement and then turned to the family and said, “That looks like mommy’s belly button!” — Lisa, Atlanta
➤ ‘Tanksgiving’: Back in the early ’60s, my friend Alan and I were punting our football when a U.S. Army convoy on the way to Fort Benning passed by on the highway fronting my yard. A bad kick sailed our football onto the road and into the path of a heavy equipment transporter carrying an M60 Patton tank, which flattened our football with a muffled pop. As the convoy rumbled out of sight, we retrieved our pancaked pigskin and had to laugh, feeling oddly honored that a mighty tank had destroyed our ball. As this was over the Thanksgiving holidays, you might call this a “Tanksgiving” Memory. — Randy, Manchester
➤ Cake So Moist…: When I was a lad, there was no question where my family was going on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. On Thanksgiving, after the Macy’s parade (or sometimes a little before it ended), we headed out to my maternal grandparents’ home for a meal and fellowship with all my aunts, uncles, and cousins. There were some marvelous cooks in the family, so the meals were always superb, and I ate a lot. My grandma’s coconut cake was so moist, you sometimes had to eat it with a spoon. — R. Garry, Oakwood
➤ Plumbing Mystery: Thanksgiving 2023 we had just finished our early meal and were getting ready to serve dessert when my son-in-law used the restroom. The guest toilet valve broke and started flooding the hardwood floor. We had heard gurgling from that toilet for a few weeks, but it is only used by guests, so that noise was not addressed before the holiday. I had nine guests for that meal…
We had to have an emergency plumber, and the neighborhood graciously allowed them to come in… We had (the plumbers) come back after the holiday with a camera to find the issue. A Stanley flat head screwdriver was spotted by the camera in the plumbing pipe… The screwdriver had been in the pipe for 35 years before causing this problem.
My father, who died in 2002, always knew something was wrong and had replaced the toilet, but that did not solve the problem… We had to cut the ceiling in our finished basement to get to the pipe to remove the screwdriver. We have not repaired that hole yet since it is luckily in a closet. It was a memorable holiday. — Jo Anne, Johns Creek
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